Scaffold or staging



c. M. WEST SdAFFOLD 0R STAGING Jan. 19 192s. 1,570,541

Original Filed April 4] 1923 2'Sheets-Sheet 1 (Ti/719455 Ms? AT-mun"Jail. 19 1926.

1,570,541 4 c. M. WEST SCAFFOLD OR STAGING Ofiginal Filed April 4, 19252 Sheets-Sheet 2 ATTORNEY Flt) field or staging.

Patented Jan. 19, 1926.

PATENT o'FFice.

CHARLES M. WEST, or CHICAGO, rumors,

SCAFFOLD on STAGING.

Application filed April 4, 1923, Serial No. 629,860. Renewed; September10, 1925.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be itknown that I, CrrARLns M. WVns'r, a citizen of the United States,residing at Qhicagmin the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Scaliolds or Staging, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to scaffolding or staging particularly designedfor use by interior decorators or analogous artisans, and an object ofthe invention is to provide a portable staging which may be moved aboutat the will of the user to permit acoess to the diiierent parts of aroom, building or the like, and one which is adjustable as to height,for supporting a platform at a desired elevation to enable the workmento work in comfort on the side walls and ceiling of a room.

Another object of this invention is to provide a sta ing or scaffold asspecified which is collapsi le so that it may be taken down andcollapsed when not in use and so that it may assure a compact form fortransportation.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device as specifiedwhich includes drop cloth supporting arms carried thereby and extendinglaterally therefrom for supporting a drop cloth about the staging.

Other objects of the invention will appear in the following detaileddescription taken in connection with the accompanying drawings whereinFig. 1 is a top plan of the improved scaf- Fig. 2 is a side elevation ofthe improved scaffold or staging.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail section taken on the line 4-t of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a detail section of a modified form of the invention.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the improved scafi'old orstaging coinprises corner posts 1 which in the present drawings areshown as constructed of angle iron or sheet metal, however, it is to beunderstood that the corner posts may be made of wood or solid piecessubstantially square in cross section as shown in Fig. 5 of thedrawingsjwithout departing from the spirit of this invention.

The corner posts 1 have horizontal foot pieces2 atta hed liereto orformed thereon taken on the to which ball bearing casters 3 of approvedform areattached to permit the staging to be easily moved about. when inassembled position. The posts 1 are'provided with a plurality ofvertically spaced openings 1 in their wings 5 and 6, and the openings 4in these wings are adapted to receive bolts 7 for connecting the railsor horizontal connecting strips 8 to the respective posts for connectingthem in rectangular formation as clearly shown in Fig. 1 of thedrawings.

Wing nuts 9' are threaded on the bolts 7 so as to facilitate thedetachable clamping of the rails or strips 8 to the posts. Diagonalbraces 10 are provided which are connected to the posts 1 through themedium of bolts 11 and wing nuts 12, below the horizontal rails orconnecting strips 8, and the diagonal braces are also connected to therails 8 by l means of bolts 13 and wing nuts 14.

When in assembled position, suitable platform boards (not shown) may beplaced across the upper edges of the rails 8 to provide a platform uponwhich the workmen stand. Drop cloth supporting arms 15 are provided andthey ar connected to the posts 1 by certain of the bolts 7, whichserveto connect certain of the rails 8 to the posts, as

clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawings. The drop clothsupporting arms 15 comprise the outwardly extending horizontal portions16 and the down turned attaching portions 17 which engage between therail 8 and a portion of the respective post 1 to which it is attached.

By the provision of the wing nuts, and the plurality of openingsarranged in vertically spaced rows, the rails 8 may be quickly andeasily adjusted toany desired elevation within the limits of the heightof the posts 1 to permit convenient and comfortable working conditionsfor the workmen and furthermore it will be apparent that the device canbe readily collapsed or taken apart and placed in a compact form forstorage or transportation.

In Fig. 5 of the drawings a slight modification is shownin which a solidsubstantially rectangular post 1' is provided. The caster 8 differsshghtly from the caster 3, in that it comprises a socket member 30 whichi mounted over the lower end of the post 1 and pinned thereto by meansof a pin 31. A caster wheel carrying head 32 is swivelly connected tothe socket 30 by means of a. lt 01' rivet 33. The lower end of thesocket 30 and the upper surface of the head 32 are provided With ballraces 34 in which bearing balls 35 ride.

It is, of course, to be understood that the invention may be constructedin other manners and the parts associated in different relations and,therefore, I do not desire to be limited in any manner except as setforth in the claim hereunto appended.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is Staging andscaffolding comprising a plurality of corner posts, horizontal platformsupporting rails, bolts detachably and adjustably connecting said railsto said posts, drop cloth supportingarms, said drop cloth Supportingarms having down turned zit-- taching portions engaging between certainof said rails and said posts, said drop cloth supporting arms beingattached to the posts by means of the rail attaching bolts, diagonalbraces adjustably and detachably connected to said posts and detachablyconnected to said rails, and casters carried by said posts.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature.

CHARLES M. WEST.

